Does walking in/out of a villager's house hurt your friendship level?

[Imaginetheday]

Sometimes I'm just checking if they're working on a DIY and don't want to talk, so I'll walk in and then immediately walk out again. They give that "question mark" look, so I'm a bit concerned this hurts the friendship I have with them. Anybody know if this is the case?

 

[meo]

I wondered that as well lol. It seems like if you already talk to them once in the day they don't do it. But if you haven't talked to them yet and you go in and out it does the question.

 

[LuchaSloth]

I hope not.

Because, I've definitely entered houses just to see if the villager was doing a DIY, and then promptly left when I saw that they weren't. I have noticed the little question mark that pops up above the villager (as if to ask "why did this idiot enter my home without saying anything and then leave?") Hahaha.

 

[Imaginetheday]

I wondered that as well lol. It seems like if you already talk to them once in the day they don't do it. But if you haven't talked to them yet and you go in and out it does the question.

That's interesting. I'll check that out and see if I find that to be true as well.

 

[Believe]

I always feel guilty doing that so I'll just throw a pity conversation in if I visit

 

[lizardon]

I have done that a lot, I guess should be fine??

 

[Fey]

I wondered that as well lol. It seems like if you already talk to them once in the day they don't do it. But if you haven't talked to them yet and you go in and out it does the question.

Can confirm this to not be the case—I got the ? from Graham who I’d already spoken to twice that day.

 

[meo]

Can confirm this to not be the case—I got the ? from Graham who I’d already spoken to twice that day.

Talked to inside their house? Or outside? Because every villager inside their home I've visited and talked to then if I entered again and left out without talking again later I haven't gotten it.

 

[Katy88]

I started feeling guilty about doing this today! It would be good to know if it does hurt friendship level.

 

[Imaginetheday]

I always feel guilty doing that so I'll just throw a pity conversation in if I visit

The guilt! It is real! LOL

 

[sleepydreepy]

I recently watched a video on YouTube that said that it does hurt the friendship and makes them more likely to move out (this video was about avoiding villagers to get them to move out). But since the game is still new, I don't think this was 100% confirmed, just a speculation since it seemed to work for this person who was trying to get someone off their island.

 

[Nefarious]

Talked to inside their house? Or outside? Because every villager inside their home I've visited and talked to then if I entered again and left out without talking again later I haven't gotten it.

Just checked and they do give the ? emote even if you talked to them in there before.

 

[Krissi2197]

It isnt confirmed but I heard that it does effect your friendship in some way

 

[meo]

Just checked and they do give the ? emote even if you talked to them in there before.

Weird, I just did it with 2 villagers in their home and they aren't doing it.

 

[Fey]

Talked to inside their house? Or outside? Because every villager inside their home I've visited and talked to then if I entered again and left out without talking again later I haven't gotten it.

Ah, I meant talked to in general (probably outside in the case if Graham that day)

Does it have to be in their house within that “session” of them being home, or would a house visit earlier in the day count too?

 

[meo]

Ah, I meant talked to in general (probably outside in the case if Graham that day)

Does it have to be in their house within that “session” of them being home, or would a house visit earlier in the day count too?

I'm not really sure since some people reported it still gives them the ?. I tested it with two villagers in their homes just now to see and they didn't do it (I went in their houses and talked to them earlier to give them items). So not sure if it's just another random glitch for why sometimes it does and doesn't.

 

[Nefarious]

I'm not really sure since some people reported it still gives them the ?. I tested it with two villagers in their homes just now to see and they didn't do it (I went in their houses and talked to them earlier to give them items). So not sure if it's just another random glitch for why sometimes it does and doesn't.

I went into the villager's home, talked to them then left. Went back inside again but this time left without saying anything and they gave the ? emote. I did also went into their home and gifted them an item this morning as well. Still does ? whenever I leave without saying anything.

 

[Noctis]

regardless if it hurts friendship or not I'm not worried about it since I'm constantly talking to my villagers anyway. while I do feel bad just going in and out for diys.....

 

[Fey]

I'm not really sure since some people reported it still gives them the ?. I tested it with two villagers in their homes just now to see and they didn't do it (I went in their houses and talked to them earlier to give them items). So not sure if it's just another random glitch for why sometimes it does and doesn't.

Interesting.

It doesn’t necessarily have the be a glitch per se. Could just be a random chance of getting the reaction. That’s kinda what I assumed when it happened anyway.

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regardless if it hurts friendship or not I'm not worried about it since I'm constantly talking to my villagers anyway. while I do feel bad just going in and out for diys.....

Nah, don’t feel bad. After how often they tease/complain about us talking to them too much, it’s really just desserts to ignore them a bit from time to time ^ｪ^

 

[Natzeky]

I haven't received any penalties for doing so yet, but I also try to not do it all together.

As for going in for recipes, I've found that my villagers tend to craft at particular times on the day; and now I visit their houses at 9 am and 7 pm as I've seen in several days that at this hours they can give me whatever they're doing. I don't know if it's the same time for everyone, but try to note when they start to craft in order to find a possible pattern.